# If declaring national emergencies becomes a thing, what kinds of NEs could the democrats do

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**Created:** [February 16, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-declaring-national-emergencies-becomes-a-thing-what-kinds-of-nes-could-the-democrats-do/829664 "2019-02-16T13:51:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-declaring-national-emergencies-becomes-a-thing-what-kinds-of-nes-could-the-democrats-do/829664/28 "2019-02-16T18:44:01Z")

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> [@GIGObuster](#):
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> … The point stands, there are many ways to fund and get a congress that will not do much by enforcing compliance about current rules or some tweaks to enhance them.

No, there aren’t. If you think otherwise, I invite you to cite the relevant section of code. If not, you’ve got yourself a nice fact-free assertion here, which we can all safely ignore.

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